ASCD Presenter Bio

Bena Kallick

Bena Kallick began her career in education when she helped start a teacher center and a children's museum. She has coauthored many books and articles with Art Costa and, most recently, Students at the Center: Personalized Learning with Habits of Mind with Allison Zmuda. Costa and Kallick are cofounders of the Institute for Habits of Mind and are recipients of the Malcolm Knowles Award for Self-Directed Learning from the International Society for Self-Directed Learning. Kallick is now the chief academic officer for Eduplanet21, co-owner of the Institute for Habits of Mind, and a well-established consultant and professor. She is a board member of GlobalMindED.